Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 82).

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 82). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003. / "MBA professional report"--Cover. Joint authors: Scott A. Gustin, Eri W. Brinkerhoff, Jr., Ernest Govea. Thesis advisor(s): Kenneth J. Euske, Mary A. Malina. Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-38). Also available online.

Thesis (M.A.)--Rowan University, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / The 9/11 terrorist attacks spawned heated debates about border security roles in preventing terrorism. The United States is generally known as a "nation of immigrants," welcoming those seeking economic and religious freedom. This thesis explores the effects of three policy options (increased manpower/financial resources for border inspection agencies, technology, and private sector-government cooperation) on the prevention of terrorism within U.S. borders. It also explores the effects of those policy options on trade flows and the movement of legitimate people across international borders. Scope is limited to land border security policy from 1990-2003. Three case studies are included: (1) the Border Patrol's "prevention through deterrence" strategy, which began in 1994 and benefited from a monumental increase in manpower/financial resources to the INS; (2) an analysis of which border technology options are the most secure and inexpensive means of preventing illegal immigration, stopping the introduction of contraband into the United States, and maintaining legitimate flows of commerce/people that have increased since the passage of NAFTA; and (3) an analysis of why private sector-governmental partnerships that both increase transportation security while lowering border wait times developed on the U.S.-Canadian border but not on the U.S.-Mexican border. Implications are drawn for U.S. policy-makers. / Lieutenant, United States Navy

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Harold Trinkunas, Paul N. Stockton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179). Also available online.

Thesis (M.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. / Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 15, 2004). "September 2003." Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179). Also issued in paper format.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-151).

During the last 25 years in law enforcement in the United States, there has been a universal practice of foot and/or bicycle patrols used to accomplish the goal of police patrol enforcement and the philosophy of community policing in metropolitan areas. These tactics of patrol have also been used in police departments in and around the State of Texas. This report is a research project on six major metropolitan police departments in the State of Texas, analyzing their allocation of foot and/or bicycle patrol units within their urban cities. The study assesses their early history in using these two police tactics to address criminal activity and their progression from foot patrol to bicycle patrol. The findings of this research support the proposition that major Texas police departments have adopted the practices and philosophies of other major urban police departments around the US, by using foot and/or bicycle patrols in their cities. There is evidence that major Texas police departments were using foot patrol during the early 1980s in support of community policing and gradually phased out this practice in the early 1990s to adopt the new enforcement tactic of policing on a bicycle.